Bora people
Total population | |
---|---|
Approx. 2,000 (various post-2001 est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Peru Colombia Brazil | |
Languages | |
Bora, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Christian, Animist | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Witoto, Ocaina |
The Bora are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers.[citation needed]
Ethnography[]
The Bora speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people.[citation needed]
In the last forty years,[clarification needed] the Bora have become a largely settled people living mostly in permanent forest settlements.[citation needed]
The animist Bora worldview makes no distinction between the physical and spiritual worlds, and spirits are considered to be present throughout the world.[citation needed]
Bora families practice exogamy.[clarification needed][citation needed]
The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest. Like other indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, such as the Urarina,[1] plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora.[citation needed]
Bows and arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person conflict.[citation needed]
The Bora have guarded their lands from both indigenous foes and outsider colonials. Around the time of the 20th century, the rubber boom had a devastating impact on the Boras, who suffered mistreatment during that time period.[2]
The Bora tribe's ancestral lands are currently threatened by illegal logging practices. The Bora have no indigenous reserves.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia".
- ^ Hardenburg, W. E. (1912). "The Putumayo; The Devil's Paradise".
Bibliography[]
- Harrison, Theresa; Media, Demand (n.d.). Basic Beliefs of the Bora Indians. Classroom Synonym. Retrieved on 2015-02-01 from http://classroom.synonym.com/basic-beliefs-bora-indians-6514.html.
External links[]
- The Bora People
- Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise, by W.E. Hardenburg, 1912. Via Wikisource.
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
- Indigenous peoples in Brazil
- Indigenous peoples in Colombia
- Indigenous peoples in Peru